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Singapore has the best transport system among all countries in Southeast Asia. Mass Rapid Transit is the popular metro railway system. MRT is the 2nd oldest metro system in Southeast Asia. Traveling in Singapore provides wonderful experience with MRT. There won’t be any trouble with transport system in Singapore. All areas in this Island are accessible with wonderful road ways.

The roads are hassle free and well connected. MRT merges all city-states of Singapore. It is the expedition service of public transport. It has introduced to compete for road areas in this small country. Parliament has approved this system to provide the adequate transport facilities in and around the Singapore. It consumes very little road space and two lines are operating under ground. New plans are also established to extend this railway system. It is successful among travelers in Singapore.

MRT is created by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and inducted in 1987. The SMRT (Singapore Mass Rapid Transit) corporation monitors the duties and operations of MRT. It is the second oldest metro system in Southeast Asia. It has around 79 stations and 78 stations are under operation. It operates from early morning 5:30 until the midnight 1 every day. Here we can see more details on the MRT.

The MRT fares:

The ticketing means is well prepared with 2 areas. They are paid and unpaid. There are many General Ticketing Machines sell the tickets for one trip. Also it assists the consumer to receive extra values of stored value tickets. It can be treated as Paid. one way trip tickets ranges from $ 1.10 to $ 1.90.

There is an extra system of ticketing. The rail workers would get the amount at the entry gate. There are access control gates. These gates are attached to a computer network. The gates are capable of reading and updating the electronic data. They are as same as the access control gates. It comes under “unpaid”.
The MRT fares in Singapore are evaluated with respect to the distance between the start and the destination station.

Ticketing system uses e-payment methods such as EZ-link, NETS flash pay and CEPAS.

The EZ-link card:

Many people preferred to buy EZ-link card. Here we can see how it functions and the money. It is a smart card and contact less. It is used to pay the public transport charges. It is accepted in MRT, LRT and public bus services. It can be also used to make the payment in Singapore branches of McDonald’s. An adult EZ-link card costs S$ 15 which includes the S$ 5 non refundable card cost and a card credit of S$ 10. You can top up the account whenever you want.

This card can be used in all the public transports, stalls and libraries. It is the great benefit of this card. MRT nullified all the troubles on insufficient transporting facility. It is the high value project provides utmost comfort to the people in Singapore. The time schedule and the costs are flexible for the customers. It is an added advantage that the train timing will be extended on the festival seasons. You can have swift access to all places in Singapore with the help of MRT.

Contact less and smart card system is comfortable. They don’t have to waste time on standing in front of the ticketing machine. Also it provides many benefits other than traveling. You can use these cards in library and McDonald’s. MRT made the journey to become simple. All places are accessible with the help of MRT system. MRT is the fastest mode of transportation brings more ridership every day.

MRT gets around 1.952 million ridership regularly. It has become well known among foreigners as well. It is the world class traveling system.

Tracy Barb is traveling around South East Asia since her earliest childhood. She loves Singapore and likes to write about it. Therefore she became an expert in this topic and is working for Guidegecko.com, an online travel book store. If you are looking for a Singapore travel guide or a travel guide for other destinations, she recommends you to visit http://www.guidegecko.com.